**OFFICE OF**  **THE A-l-l-ORNEY**  **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN**  **, 3.l** 

Konorable I. c. m~irtsr county duaLtar xunt county Gretuwlue, ¶kxas
Dear 8lrt



## P&-e0inet m, 5 in te aeteee ae to

aarrlea .anathe borrda ware issuaa ana atid an8 **8ome** severaltiles of eutlb roada were ooaetruoted; that it mm tieoeeaary to purabeaa oai-talu road**iionoreble I.**  **0. Moihhirtar,**  **Iiego 2** 

i miohinery and equipmentln order to 

### ad tha **work** undertaken,thet auoh maohinery in due aour~e waa pruohaeed**by** the Coaalaaloner'e Court with the advloe, consentand aealatance 

### 0f 43 ar 0pp0pointd

0itiz8n*8 00dttee or Just&e Praoinotiio. 

### 58 **and paid**  ror **out Or**  **the money**  **obtahid** rrom 6 sale 0r the bonda; that the work has now oeaaad, at least ror the duration, **beeauacr** 

### or the fallqe 

### Or the a. P. A. to operate,or **baoauee or**  **the** die**continuanoe** 

### 0r the rrit. a. Yrojeote. <The **4suipPurnt** 

### pw0ha8ad ena paid r0r **by** the Wolfe City Justfoe PraoinotNo. 

### 5 **to** 

### ‘do this work 1s very rice motorized e~ul$- tnant that oost prany thousandsor .aouam, and conalstr!.



### 0r ctne J..D. ~38~~0

notor mador oust 

### &3895.84,

One International

Truok ooet- ~~l200dlO,

wb,Oll6 FOSd TPuOk aoat $2327JiQ **at a**  **tota& 0eOt**  **or** 

### &8&23.40, ana ia now in good 00ndiq~2 but 

### fr ptitba 

### t0 6-a 24~8, without q0 ana attanaant 0an whioh it ~0104 hsve ir being UneQ, will QetarioraCa ami loearalu o -vary raplqy. l . i .* ë-j ~í **Es cepq7**  **,w Our**  **repueet for**  **k5aaitiarrPl izhfO23wioo.**  you **aarisea ua**  **that** the ~~~ah.laery~l~ f&aestlon

io to be usea 

### In the county. **ConrPliselonis~s ’**  **preolnot** 

### aa md equipment ior Hunt



### your puuatlana 

### s?ag be 

### 8tatea .ab

### r0u.o3f82 L Qenthe **.~ogmiiwloaers~** 

### court, the governingboQ of Justioe PreoinotSo. 

### 5 **(as a**  

### politioal

~~Mlvlaion authorizedto lame roea bonas) e~allroadamhlnery enasqulpment ustta ln.bullaine,

~XoadS in Mid preoinotMO. 

### 5 with the **aaquieeoaneor** 

### and **aonssnt** or 

### the Cltlmaa* Oimmlttee?

If the Coaualaaloners* Court OM sell aaid ifi&Snery ti.nd **epuiputent oan**  they sell it to a cntsPnieslonelb~ Predm ’or the 0cruntyPEonorablu I. C. bWihfrtar,pagu 3

30 'Ii ths **Coda3lo@ers*** court oah sa3.l tho eqilipmnt,**iS~.it.!1eoeESm7** iOr the sale to be edvertisedths nem as C:AU sale of 

### any other propertybelongingto thr oounty?

ire **will** rirst answer your secooa tgu3stion. Justice PrecirdtXo. 5, a poiItloa1subO~lvIeIon of i:uut county, appears to h?v* -P.emptu?i the yrovlaioneof Chaptsr 3, Title 22, **‘ Vemonza**  AnnotatedCivil ctatutes, voted bonds .forthe -purgoees

set forth 3~ emid chapter, sold them, and with pert of the prooeidspurahtieasd the dascrlbedroad maohinary ana equipment,

whloh It now wlahee to 6eU to the cOunty, IOr use upon Its publla tiada ir am or Mre oi Its Comlaaloneral Precinats, or to tmyone who may wish to purchese aam.

The Commleslonera* court or Hunt county k3 not'only thf3 govsrninp, body or fiunt county, whl.oh,

0r **aourse,** inaiuaett all 0r lto commi3rrtonora* ~Preolnota, but ot Juetloe Praolnet No6 5, a.body oorporate. **A(I** ruoh gorernlngbody, it bou& the : maahlnery for the ,preoinot ,ana, it the 8aw 18 

### aa, the 6ale oaan be mada only by said aourt. BJpold the sale **be** ma0 to the oospty or to,

the ~saltmar~~* PreofDot the s(upb aeurt aus% **act** 

### for the oounty 01: cikxmlbrrianeir~

PreOiaot'iam&&g t6a PUrahase. In euoh an event, it 1~ ghe duty Or @aid oourt to puschase the amohlnery at the lowest poaelbleprloa. Suoh is tha establlehed

polioy of tb State es svlde~oadby hxtiale 1659 i~eolsed

**Ytatuter,** requiringauppLis3 or every kina ror use 03 the oouhty to be purohaeedon eonpetitlvebids. Llkewlsa, It Is the duty of **Said.** court to obtain the bssC poaslble price for the maohlnsry It rreZ$s for the preokaf. Themmire, th& ComrPiselonera' Court~la~laoed In the anoniolus position of being the agent or both the se

E er and the purohqser. It la **our** oplulon that suah a sale would be oontrary to public polloy and my not be legallyme**de.**

Wmd that

In amwer to your firet and third gueotlans,you arw;aait IO our opinion that the Comalsaloners* Court or

.Eionoreble It C. &atiCl.rter,

page $4

Huut County has the impliedauthorityto dlspooe OS the maahinery and equlpnmntdeearlbadin your letter by bale. It is our further opinion thet the Purcblnery and equlpumnt my be sold either **et public**  **or** private tud.6, with oi?witbout edvertisarzmnt, md with or without the aoment of the CitizenaCoamlttee,e aommittm whiah has no oifiaiel st%tua. See LimestoneCounty v. Garrett et al., 236 Y. 'W. 970. TruetinCj

that the foragofnesurriaiently anawra're

your queetions,

we are Very truly youra i